Education
2020 Ph.D., English, University of Washington
- Textual and Digital Studies Certificate
- Dissertation: “Jane Porter in the Margins: Paratext in the Romantic National Novel.”
- Director: Dr. Juliet Shields
2013 M.Sc., Literature and Society 1688-1900, University of Edinburgh
2012 B.A., English, magna cum laude, Chapman University
Peer Reviewed Publications
- In Progress: “Jane Porter.” The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Romantic-Era Women’s Writing. Palgrave Macmillan Cham, 2024.
- Nov. 2017: “Artifact or Artifice? The Epistolary Image of Mary Hays.” Biographical Misinterpretations of British Women Writers: A Hall of Mirrors and the Long Eighteenth Century, edited by Brenda Ayres, Palgrave MacMillan, 2017, pp. 57-73.
- Dec. 2016: “Dark Artistry in The Island of Doctor Moreau.” Utopias and Dystopias in the Fiction of H. G. Wells and William Morris: Landscapes and Space, edited by Emelyne Godfrey, Palgrave MacMillan, 2016, pp. 175-187.
Public-Facing Writing and Broadcasting
- Jan. 2024: “Sarah Faulkner: Feminist Writers of the 18th and 19th Centuries.” 100 Watt Podcast. January 2024.
- July 2023: “Another Regency Jane.” Humanities North Dakota Magazine. Spring, 2023.
- May 2021: Introduction. Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus, by Mary Shelley, Flame Tree Publishing, 2021.
- Sep. 2017: “British Association of Romantic Studies 2017: Romantic Improvement Recap.” North American Society for the Study of Romanticism Blog. Web.
- July 2017: “Fortune, Work, and Strict Decorum: Social Improvements in Emma.” Jane Austen Society of North America-Puget Sound Website. Web.
- Dec. 2015: “The Temporality of Realism and Romance in He Knew He Was Right.” The Fortnightly Review. Web.
Selected Presentations
- October 2023: “Pedagogy in Public Programs.” National Humanities Conference, Indianapolis, IN.
- Sep. 2023: “Outlander and Romantic Scotland.” Bellingham Celtic Festival, Bellingham, Washington.
- March 2023: “William Wallace at 500.” Celtic Arts Foundation, Mount Vernon, Washington.
- July 2019: “Jane Porter’s Ossianic Anachronisms.” International Society for Eighteenth Century Studies (ISECS), Edinburgh, UK.
- March 2019: “Sources of Authority in the National Novels of Jane Porter and Sydney Owenson.” American Society for Eighteenth Century Studies (ASECS), Denver, Colorado.
- Oct. 2018: “Mary Shelley: Women’s Writing in the Romantic Era.” Frankenreads at the University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
- June 2018: “Jane Porter’s Scott-ish Authenticity.” North American Society for the Study of Romanticism (NASSR), Providence, Rhode Island.
- Nov. 2017: “Domestic Prefaces and Valiant Footnotes: Jane Porter’s Self-Preservation.” North American Victorian Studies Association (NAVSA), Banff, Canada.
- July 2017: “Printed Personas: Improving Romantic Women Writers.” British Association of Romantic Studies (BARS), York, UK.
- July 2017: “Authors or Heroines? Jane Austen and Madame de Staël’s Published Correspondence.” Reputations, Legacies, Futures: Jane Austen, Germaine de Staël and their contemporaries 1817-2017, Chawton House Library, UK.
- June 2017: “Tartan Covers and Family Memories: The Transatlantic Reception of Jane Porter’s The Scottish Chiefs.” World Congress of Scottish Literature, Vancouver, BC.
- June 2017: Chair of “Technologies and Texts: Manuscript, Print and Digital Cultures” Panel. World Congress of Scottish Literature, Vancouver, BC.
- Jan. 2017: “Making College Writing Ready.” Praxis Conference, Seattle, WA.
- Feb. 2016: “The Omnivore Instructor’s Dilemma: Satiating both Composition and Service-Learning Diets.” Praxis Conference on Transformative Teaching, Seattle, WA.
- Oct. 2015: “Authorizing Austen’s Correspondence: Editorial Narrative and Constructed Biography.” Canadian Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (CSECS), Vancouver, BC.
- June 2014: “Conduct and Communication in Burney’s Evelina.” British Women Writers Conference, Binghamton, NY.
- July 2013: “Unwilling to Play a Part: Non-Theatrical Heroines in the Works of Frances Burney and Jane Austen.” British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies Postgraduate Conference, Newcastle, UK.
- June 2013: “Suitors as Tutors in the Works of Frances Burney and Jane Austen.” University of London’s Institute of Historical Research, Education in the Long Eighteenth Century Seminar, London, UK.
- June 2013: “Lessons Learned in Owenson’s The Wild Irish Girl and Austen’s Pride and Prejudice” 200 Years of Jane Austen Conference, Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK.
Awards and Fellowships
Awards
- 2019: UW Husky 100 Leadership and Service Award
- 2019: ASECS Travel Fellowship
- 2019: Míċeál F. Vaughan Scholarship, University of Washington
- 2018: Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Washington
- 2017, 2016: Textual Studies Research Award, University of Washington
- 2017: North American Victorian Studies Association (NAVSA) Travel Grant
- 2017: York Georgian Society and Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies Bursary
- 2017: Jane Austen Society of North America- Puget Sound Essay Contest Winner
- 2017: Sharpless Coyle Graduate Scholarship, Kappa Alpha Theta Foundation
- 2015: Trollope Prize, Awarded by the University of Kansas
- 2015: Richard J. Dunn First Year Teaching Award, University of Washington
Fellowships
- 2022: Anti-Racist Pedagogy Colloquium Fellow, Keats-Shelley Association
- Apr-Jun 2019: Susanna J. McMurphy Fellowship, University of Washington
- Jun-Aug 2018: Fritz International Research Fellowship, University of Washington
- Apr-May 2018: New York Public Library Four-Week Short-Term Fellowship
- Aug-Sep 2018: McGill-ASECS Fellowship, McGill University
Teaching Experience
Public University, North Dakota Humanities
2022-Present: Instructor
- The Romantic Era (Fall 2024)
- 10 Victorian Women Writers (Spring 2024)
- 10 Regency Women Writers (Fall 2023)
- 10 British Women Writers Before Jane Austen (Spring 2023)
University of Washington
2014-2022: Part-Time Lecturer/ Instructor of Record, English Department
- ENGL 329: Rise of the English Novel (Fall 2022)
- ENGL 200: Reading Literary Forms: Witches, Monsters, and Shapeshifters (Spring 2022)
- ENGL 212: British Literature 1700-1900 (Winter 2022)
- ENGL 330: Age of Romanticism (Fall 2021)
- ENGL 121: Composition- Social Issues: Food and Identity (Fall 2020, Winter 2021, Spring 2021)
- ENGL 200: Reading Literary Forms: Austen and Her World (Winter 2018)
- ENGL 111: Composition- Literature: The Magic of Harry Potter (Fall 2018)
- ENGL 111: Composition- Literature: Fairy Tales Revisited (Fall 2016)
- ENGL 121: Composition- Social Issues: Food and Identity (Fall 2015, Winter 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2019, Winter 2020, Spring 2020)
- ENGL 121: Composition- Social Issues: The Magic of Harry Potter (Spring 2020 [online])
- ENG 131: Composition- Exposition: Medium and Message (Fall 2014, Winter 2015, Spring 2015)
- ENGL 108: Writing Ready (Fall 2016, Fall 2017)
- ENGL 202 (Teaching Assistant): Introduction to the English Major (Summer 2017)
2018: Instructor, Robinson Center for Young Scholars
- Word! Myths and Magic Around the World (Summer 2018)
Humanities Work Experience
- 2021- Present : Program Manager, Humanities Washington
- 2020-2022: Instructional Designer, Saint Martin’s University
- 2019-2020: Events Director, UW Graduate and Professional Student Senate
- Jan-Mar 2019: Research Assistant to Brian Reed, University of Washington
- 2017-Present: Writer and Content Developer, Language on Demand
- 2016-2018: UW in the High School English Department Liaison
- 2016-2017: Student Assistant, Textual Studies Program, University of Washington
- 2016-2017: Tutor/Editor, Disability Services, University of Washington
- 2015-2016: Writing Center Tutor, North Seattle Community Collegethe English Major (Spring 2017)
Academic Leadership and Service
- 2022: Project Consultant: Gothic Women
- 2018: Lead Organizer: Frankenreads at UW
- 2018: Invited Speaker: Public Humanities Roundtable, 18/19th Century Graduate Research Cluster at UW
- 2017: Founder and Lead Organizer: JaneFest 2017 at UW
- 2017- 2019: North American Society for the Study of Romanticism (NASSR) Graduate Caucus Co-Chair
- 2015- 2019: Project Lead: 18/19C Graduate Research Cluster, Funded by the Simpson Center for the Humanities
- 2015- 2018: Executive Officer: UW English Graduate Student Organization.
- 2017: Second World Congress of Scottish Literatures Steering Committee
- 2017: Project Lead: Mentorship Program, World Congress of Scottish Literatures
- 2015-2018: English Department Graduate Student Mentor
- 2015, 2016: Panelist for Seattle University’s Graduate School Information Night
- 2012- 2013: Representative: English Student-Staff Liaison Committee, University of Edinburgh
- 2011-2012: Regional Student Representative: Sigma Tau Delta Honor Society
- 2010-2012: President, Sigma Tau Delta Honor Society, Chapman University
- 2011: Conference Chair: Pilgrimage West, Sigma Tau Delta Western Regional Conference
Languages
- Spanish: Intermediate speaking and reading knowledge
- Italian: Intermediate speaking and reading knowledge
- French: Reading knowledge